Events
Pet Parade
The Lancaster Pride Pet Parade Is Back!
We can't wait to continue the annual tradition of the Pride Pet Parade on June 14th from 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM at Buchanan Park! Bring your fur, feathered, and scaled friends to show off their best Disco Rave fit to celebrate Pride Month!
Pride Game Night
Join Lancaster Pride as we partner with Mayhem Cafe for a night full of gaming fun to celebrate Pride Month! Bring your friends, get competitive with a game, and enjoy a queer themed drink.
Sober Sip & Paint
Join Lancaster Pride and The Midnight Oil for a Sober Sip & Paint for Pride Month! Get creative with friends, drink some amazing coffee, and express yourself for Pride Month.
Pride Festival 2025
Lancaster Pride returns for its 17th year with our most inclusive festival yet — free admission, all ages welcome, and a vibrant celebration of LGBTQIA+ stories. Enjoy live entertainment, 200+ vendors, food trucks, a kids zone, history exhibits, and a headline performance by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Heidi N Closet!
Pride Vigil
Although we spend this month celebrating who we are and our community, it is important to remember those who have come before us and who are no longer with us. Join us on June 30, 2025, from 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Penn Square for the Pride Vigil to take a moment to come together as a community to remember those no longer here.
Pride Flag Raise
Join us in celebrating the beginning of Pride Month by raising the pride flag high and proud.
Queer Self-Defense
Looking for a way to move your body and learn self-defense? Look no further! Join Lancaster Pride and InMotion for a Queer Self-Defense Class. Hosted by Rhylease Indoor Studio, learn how to protect yourself safely and the basics of self-defense while getting a great workout.
Lancaster Pride Royale Pageant
It’s time for our annual Lancaster Pride Royale Pageant! Join us as we see local drag queens, kings, and deities compete to obtain the crown and name of Lancaster Pride Royalty.
Trans Day of Visibility Game Night
Want to support the Trans Community? Join us for the Trans Day of Visibility Game Night on March 31st! Bring food and drinks and come chill with Lancaster Pride as we celebrate the trans community with our friends at Mayhem Cafe.
Zenkaikon
Are you a cosplayer who loves lip-sync competitions? Or are you curious about how anime relates to the LGBTQIA+ community? We got the thing for you! Join us during Zenkaikon 2025 for our panel on cosplay and the LGBTQIA+ community and/or our Cosplay For Your Life (a lip sync competition)!
Rummage Swap
We are so excited to partner with Endo Cafe for this Rummage Swap! Bring household items, clothes, toys, etc., to swap with other community members. Anything remaining will be donated to a local center to help those in the Lancaster Community.
Pride Power Slam
Are you ready to rumble?! Join us for the Pride Power Slam, a wrestling match fundraiser for local Central PA LGBTQIA+ organizations. Come on by and see some amazing wrestling, support a good cause, and amplify the voices for equality.
ExtraGive 2024
Be part of Lancaster County's community-wide celebration of giving! The ExtraGive is a celebration inspiring individual donations and shining a light on the work of our community benefit sector. This unique day highlights organizations that support causes from children and families, to health and education, the natural environment and farmland preservation; from poverty alleviation and affordable housing to arts, culture, heritage, history and more.